The Brown Lady of Raynam Hall

The most famous ghost photo of all, and definitely one of the most famous hauntings of all time. The Brown Lady of Raynam Hall, in Norfolk, England, has been sighted for nearly two hundred years, the first one being in 1836. Several more sightings followed.

The above photo was actually taken in 1936, on the one hundred year anniversary of the first sighting.

Who is she? Well, legend has it that her name is Dorothy Townshend, and she lived in the hall back in the early 1700's. Her husband, Charles Townshend, found out that she had been unfaithful with a name named Lord Wharton, so he imprisoned her in a secret area in the building and tortured her. Records that have turned up show that she died in 1726, but it's possible that he faked her death and kept her alive for years and years so he could torture her.

Since many of the sightings seem to coincide with specific dates, the Brown Lady case interests those that think that ghosts come around at certain times, maybe "replaying" different scenarios from the past. One theory even holds that the walls, which are made out of many of the same materials as cassette tapes in this particular building, somehow "recorded" her and play her back periodically!

Airforce Group Photo: Freddy Jackson

Freddy Jackson" was in the Royal Airforce, and he died a tragic death in 1919, during World War I. He met his unfortunate end while working as a mechanic on one of the ships, and he was killed by an airplane propellor.

This photo was taken just a few days after the accident. If you look closely at the top row, you'll notice a strange, ghostly face behind one of the men.

Interestingly enough, once the photo was shown, the men in the squadron positively identified the face as Freddy Jackson.

Ghost Riding in a Car

in 1959, Mrs. Chinnery's mother had just passed away, and the couple spent the day at the grave. The story goes that Mrs. Chinnery took this photo of her husband in the car, and lo and behold, her mother appeared in the backseat once she got the photos developed. Supposedly her mother always liked to ride in the backseat.

Fire Girl Ghost (Jane Churm)

It's a tragic story. In Shropshire, England, the Wem Town Hall stands as it has for centuries. It has been blighted by two major blazes, one in 1677 and one in 1995. In 1677, the authorities determined that a young girl named Jane Churm was responsible for accidentally starting the fire. She died in the inferno.

In 1995, some pictures were taken as the firefighters fought the latest blaze. One of them produced a startling discovery: a young girl! There was no young girl in the vicinity at the time.

Could she be the ghost of Jane Churm?

Ghost in the Woods

Another ghost photo from 1959. This one was taken in Australia at a place called Corroboree Rock near Alice Springs.

Do you see the woman in the center of the photograph?

S.S. Watertown Ghostly Faces

In the 1920's, two men from California were working on the S.S. Watertown as it sailed toward Central America. Two men were working below deck, but were killed by fumes. They were given a proper burial at sea. The strange events began almost immediately.

Other crew members started to notice two faces in the water, which were following the ship as it made its journey. Eagerly, they snapped photographs, and one of them caught these bizarre faces.

As time went on, the faces simply stopped showing up in the water, and life continued normally.

Combermere Ghost in Chair

In the late 1800's, a man named Lord Combermere died a tragic death. Shortly thereafter, he appeared in one of these photographs, sitting in a chair.